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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, often abbreviated to SWB RailRiders, are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The 2019 RailRiders went 76-65 and won the Northern Division title and lost in the semifinals vs. Durham Bulls, 3–0.
With all of the injuries to the New York Yankees in 2019, the RailRiders smashed the franchise record for rehabbers with 14 which far eclipsed the previous record set in 2018 with 10. The list included Aaron Hicks, Didi Gregorius, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Domingo Germán, Cameron Maybin, Jonathan Loaisiga, Gary Sánchez, Ben Heller, Luke Voit, Jordan Montgomery, Luis Severino, Edwin Encarnación and Thairo Estrada. Judge and Stanton rehabbed together for three days in Durham, N.C. helping produce three of the largest 11 crowds in Durham Bulls Athletic Park history. Judge continued with the team back to Moosic, Pa. and appeared in a pair of games at PNC Field – signing autographs and bashing home runs to the delight of faithful RailRiders fans.
Labor Day wrapped up the International League regular season just as it does every year, and players from all teams were heading back home to begin the offseason or heading off to begin their hopeful playoff runs; that is with the exception of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse. With Syracuse having won 16-of-20 games to end the regular season, the Mets came into the game as the hottest team in the league. The matchup was set for 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday September 3 at PNC Field as a result of the RailRiders claiming the regular season title from the Mets 14-6.
The game itself will be remembered in the annals of RailRiders history as the Miracle at Montage Mountain. Trailing 5-0 after one inning and 7-1 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, the bats came alive for SWB despite recording just one hit through the first six frames off two-time American League All-Star, Ervin Santana. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders offense threw five runs on the board in the inning to make it a one-run game again, at 7-6. After Syracuse scored six times in the top of the eighth inning and made it 13-6, all seemed lost. Yet, the bottom of the eighth began just as the seventh did, with a solo home run by Kyle Higashioka. Then the offense caught fire and posted its largest offensive inning of the season to rally all the way back. When Erik Kratz’s line-drive double landed on the warning track in left-center field to plate a pair of runs, the eight-run frame was complete and with three outs in the ninth inning, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won 14-13 to punch its ticket to take on the Durham Bulls in the postseason.
The featured Rawlings full size Batting Helmet has been hand-signed by (26) members of the 2019 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders baseball team including ‘Nasty” Nestor Cortes, Armando Alvarez, Randall Delgado, Raynel Espinal, Mike Tauchman, Ryan Lavarnway, Billy Burns, JP Feyereisen, Tommy Phelps, Phil Plantier, Doug Davis, Jay Bell, Kyle Higashioka, Breyvic Valera, Stephen Tarpley, Julio Borbon, and 10 others. There are a couple of signatures on the left side of the Helmet that are slightly smudged. One of the signatures is Billy Burns #17. (Please see Images) The Helmet includes an official Steiner hologram and LOA for authenticity purposes.
*******There are a couple of signatures on the left side of the Helmet that are slightly smudged. One of the signatures is Billy Burns #17. (Please see Images)
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